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Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy
and of comfort and convenience. This does not necessitate the use
of less energy, in which respect it differs from the concept of
energy conservation.
Environmental Management System (EMS) help organisations control
and minimise the impact that their products, services have on the
environment and provide a practical framework within which
environmental issues can be managed.
EU Directive A type of law that is issued by the European Union - all EU
countries then have to put this into their own legal system.
Fly-tipping The illegal deposit of waste on land.
FTSE is an independent company owned by The Financial Times and the
London Stock Exchange.
Functional bodies See GLA group
Fuel Cell Acts like a constantly recharging battery, electrochemically
combining hydrogen and oxygen to generate power. For hydrogen fuel
cells, water and heat are the only by-products and there are no direct air
pollution or noise emissions. They are suitable for a range of applications,
including vehicles and buildings.
GLA group The Mayor has responsibility for appointing members to,
and setting budgets for, four organisations: Transport for London (TfL),
London Development Agency (LDA), London Fire and Emergency
Planning Authority (LFEPA), Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA).
Gasification is defined in the Renewables Obligation Order 2002
as meaning the substoichiometric oxidation or steam reformation
of a substance to produce a gaseous mixture containing two or all
of the following: oxides of carbon, methane and hydrogen.
Green Industries The business sector that produces goods or services,
which compared to other, generally more commonly used goods and
services, are less harmful to the environment.
Green Procurement The purchase of goods and development of
purchasing policies, which take the environmental impact of the purchase
into consideration.
Industrial Symbiosis brings together companies from all business
sectors with the aim of improving cross industry resource productivity by
the physical exchange of materials, energy and water and sharing assets,
logistics and expertise.
Industrial Waste Waste from any factory and any premises occupied by
industry (excluding mines and quarries) as defined in Schedule 3 of the
Controlled Waste Regulations 1992.